Container

ABSTRACT

The present disclosure discloses a container including a container cap and a container body. The container body may be hollow, and an upper portion of the container body may be provided with an opening and a protruding portion. The height of a connecting region connecting the opening and the container body may be lower than the height of the protruding portion. The container cap may be coupled to the opening for sealing the opening. The protruding portion may be hollow, and a hollow portion of the container body may be in communication with a hollow portion of the protruding portion. When using the container of the present disclosure, liquid can be poured into the container through the opening. After use, the liquid in the container may be poured out or consumed so that it is light and easy to carry.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application claims the benefit of Chinese Patent ApplicationNo. 201821879787.3 filed on Nov. 13, 2018, the contents of which areincorporated herein by reference in their entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to a container, and in particular to amulti-functional container.

BACKGROUND TECHNOLOGY

With the improvement of living standards, more and more people choose togo outdoors. In order to keep fresh fruits, vegetables, beverages, beerand other foods or drinks, people often place some ice packs or iceboxes around or in the middle of the food or drinks. However, afterthese ordinary ice packs or ice boxes are used, their weight will not bereduced and they are heavy to carry.

SUMMARY

In view of the existing problem in the above prior art, an object of thepresent disclosure is to provide a container which is simple andreasonable in structure and easy to carry.

In order to achieve the above object, a container provided by thepresent disclosure may include a container cap and a container body. Thecontainer body may be hollow, and an upper portion of the container bodymay be provided with an opening and a protruding portion. The height ofa connecting region connecting the opening and the container body may belower than the height of the protruding portion. The container cap maybe coupled to the opening for sealing the opening. The protrudingportion may be hollow, and a hollow portion of the container body may bein communication with a hollow portion of the protruding portion. Thiscan ensure that when a user is filling up the container with a liquid,it is difficult for the user to completely fill up the container so thata space can be reserved for liquid expansion. Thus, the container cannotbe easily damaged and can be used repeatedly.

As a specific embodiment, the protruding portion may be provided only onone side of the opening. The opening may have two sides on the containerbody. When the liquid is poured into the container body through theopening, the height of the opening may be lower than the height of theprotruding portion of only one side of the opening. This can facilitatedrinking of water by the user.

Furthermore, the container cap may further include a containermouthpiece. The container mouthpiece may further include aliquid-discharging tube, and the liquid-discharging tube may include asuction head and an elastic ring. The suction head may be located at anend portion of the liquid-discharging tube. The liquid-discharging tubemay be sleeved on an outer side of the inner shaft and coupled to aninner wall of the sleeve by the elastic ring, to thereby render dampingmovement inside the sleeve.

Furthermore, an inverted hook may be provided on an end of theliquid-discharging tube opposite to the suction head. A sealing plateand a retaining ring may be further provided on the screw cap. When thecontainer mouthpiece is sleeved on the outer side of the inner shaft andmounted within the sleeve, the inverted hook can be located between thesealing plate and the retaining ring.

Furthermore, to facilitate carrying of the container, the container bodymay be further provided with a hanging hole for hanging of thecontainer.

Furthermore, one side of the container body of the container may have arecessed surface and the other side may have a projected surface. Whentwo containers are stacked together, the projected surface of one of thecontainers can be snap-fitted into the recessed surface of the other oneof the containers.

Compared to the prior art, the container of the present disclosure hasthe following beneficial technical effects. The containers of the priorart are often sealed. When the ice in the container turns into liquid,the weight of the container does not reduce and the container is heavyto carry. After the container of the present disclosure is used, a usercan pour the liquid out or drink the liquid so that the container islight to carry. In addition, since the height of the connecting portionconnecting the opening of the container and the body of the container islower than the height of the protruding portion of the container body,this can ensure that it is difficult for the user to completely fill upthe container with liquid, and a space is reserved for expansion of theliquid. Therefore, the container cannot be easily damaged and can beused repeatedly.

For a better understanding and implementation, the present disclosurewill be described below in detail in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a front view of the container according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the container according to an embodimentof the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a side view of the container according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the container cap according to anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view from another viewing angle of the containercap according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the container cap according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure;

Reference numerals in the accompanying drawings: Container cap  1;Container mouthpiece 11; Liquid-discharging tube 110; Suction head 111;Suction hole 1111;  Elastic ring 112; Inverted hook 113; Screw cap 121; Sealing plate 1211;  Retaining ring 1212;  Sleeve 122; Inner shaft 123;Container body  2; Opening  20; Recessed surface  21; Supporting column22; Hanging hole  23; Arc-shaped region  24; Projected surface 25.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 4 which show an embodiment of the containerof the present disclosure, the container may include a container cap 1and a container body 2. The container body 2 may be hollow. An upperportion of the container body 2 may be provided with an opening 20 and aprotruding portion. The number of the opening 20 may be one or more.Liquid can be poured into the container body 2 through the opening 20.The height H3 of a connecting region connecting the opening 20 and thecontainer body 2 may be lower than the height H2 of the protrudingportion. The container cap 1 may be coupled to the opening 20 forsealing the opening 20.

The containers of the prior art are often sealed. When the ice in thecontainer turns into liquid, the weight of the container does not reduceand the container is heavy to carry. When using the container of thepresent disclosure, a user can fill the container with liquid through anopening 20. After the container of the present disclosure is used, theuser can pour out the liquid or drink the liquid so that the containeris light to carry.

In order to prevent overfilling of liquid in the container when a useris using the container and causing the container to expand and burstwhen placed in a freezer compartment, referring to the embodiment of thepresent disclosure in FIG. 1, the height H3 of the connecting regionconnecting the opening 20 and the container body 2 is designed to belower than the height H2 of the protruding portion. The height of theopening 20 may be higher than the height H3 of the connecting regionconnecting the opening 20 and the container body 2. Furthermore, theheight H1 of the opening 20 may be higher than, equal to, or lower thanthe height H2 of the protruding portion. The protruding portion may behollow. A hollow portion of the container body may be in communicationwith a hollow portion of the protruding portion. This can ensure thatwhen a user is filling up the container with a liquid, it is difficultfor the user to completely fill up the container so that a space can bereserved for liquid expansion. Thus, the container cannot be easilydamaged and can be used repeatedly.

In addition to the function of an ice box, the container of the presentembodiment can be used as a water bottle. The water bottle can be usedto carry a variety of liquids, including water, beverages and wine, etc.For the sake of description, water is used as an example in thefollowing description. Referring to FIG. 1, the opening 20 of thecontainer body 2 has two sides, i.e., side A and side B. If both sidesof the opening 20 are protruding, it is inconvenient for the user todrink the water inside the container through the opening. In the presentdisclosure, a protruding portion is only provided on one side of theopening (for example, side B shown in FIG. 1). This arrangement will notaffect the drinking of the water inside the container, and it isdifficult for the user to completely fill up the container with liquid.The region between the opening 20 or the connecting region connectingthe opening 20 and the container body 2 and the highest point of thecontainer body 2 may be an arc-shaped region 24 or folding line-shapedregion.

Furthermore, in order to ensure that the container will not deform afterplacing inside a freezer compartment, as shown in FIG. 2, the containerof the present embodiment may further include at least one supportingcolumn 22 connecting two opposite sides of the container body. Althoughonly one supporting column 22 is shown in FIG. 2, in practice there maybe a plurality of supporting columns, and the present disclosure is notlimited to the present embodiment.

After the container is filled with liquid, in order to seal thecontainer, the container may further include a container cap 1. Thenumber of the container cap 1 is the same as the number of the opening20. As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 4, the container cap 1 may at leastinclude a screw cap 121. The screw cap 121 and the opening 20 may bescrewed together, or they may be snap-fitted together or sleevedtogether, etc. In the present embodiment, screw connection is describedas an example. In addition, the container cap may further include asleeve 122 and an inner shaft 123. The inner shaft 123 may be locatedalong an axis of the screw cap 121 and the sleeve 122. The diameter ofthe inner shaft 123 may be smaller than the diameter of the sleeve 122,and the diameter of the sleeve 122 may be smaller than the diameter ofthe screw cap 121. The screw cap 121, the sleeve 122 and the inner shaft123 may be integrally formed or they may be three independentcomponents, and is not limited by the present embodiment.

When the container of the present embodiment is used as a water bottle,in order to facilitate the drinking of liquid in the container,referring to FIG. 2, the container cap 1 may further include a containermouthpiece 11. The container mouthpiece 11 may at least include aliquid-discharging tube 110. The liquid-discharging tube 110 may includea suction head 111 and an elastic ring 112 to facilitate drinking ofwater. As shown in FIG. 2, the suction head 111 may be located at an endportion of the liquid-discharging tube 110. The liquid-discharging tube110 may be sleeved on an outer side of the inner shaft 123 and coupledto an inner wall of the sleeve 122 by the elastic ring 112, to therebyrender damping movement of the container mouthpiece 11 inside the sleeve122. When it is necessary to drink water, the container mouthpiece 11can be pulled out from the sleeve 122 in a direction along the axis ofthe inner shaft 123. When there is no need to drink water, the containermouthpiece 11 of the container can be pushed back into the sleeve 122 inthe direction along the axis of the inner shaft 123.

In order to allow the container mouthpiece 11 to move within a limitedrange and prevent the container mouthpiece 11 from being pulled out ofthe sleeve 122, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, an inverted hook 113 may beprovided on an end of the liquid-discharging tube 110 opposite to thesuction head 111, and a sealing plate 1211 and a retaining ring 1212 maybe provided on the screw cap 121. Referring to FIG. 6, when thecontainer mouthpiece 11 is sleeved on the outer side of the inner shaft123 and mounted within the sleeve 122, the inverted hook 113 can belocated between the sealing plate 1211 and the retaining ring 1212. Whenthe container mouthpiece 11 moves in the direction of the axis of theinner shaft 123 toward the retaining ring 1212 to the retaining ring1212, since the inner diameter of the retaining ring 1212 is smallerthan the diameter of the inverted hook 113, it can prevent the containermouthpiece 11 from moving continuously forward, so that the containermouthpiece 11 cannot be pulled out of the sleeve 122.

When the container mouthpiece 11 is moved in the direction of the axisof the inner shaft 113 toward the sealing plate 1211 to the sealingplate 1211, the sealing plate 1211 can also prevent the containermouthpiece 11 from moving continuously in this direction. It can be seenthat the distance between the sealing plate 1211 and the retaining ring1212 can be greater than the length of the inverted hook 113 in theaxial direction of the inner shaft. Thus, the container mouthpiece 11can only be moving between the sealing plate 1211 and the retaining ring1212 due to the restriction of the inverted hook 113.

When the container mouthpiece 11 is moved to the sealing plate 1211, theinner shaft 123 just passes through a suction hole 1111 formed on thesuction head 111 (as shown in FIG. 4) for sealing the suction hole 1111.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 3, when the container is in a sealed state, theheight of the container mouthpiece 11 may be lower than the height ofthe protruding portion, or equal to the height of the protrudingportion. When drinking water is needed, a portion of the containermouthpiece 11 can be pulled out. At this time, the container is in anopen state, and the height of the container mouthpiece 11 may be higherthan the height of the protruding portion to facilitate drinking ofwater by the user.

Furthermore, in order to facilitate carrying, the container body 23 maybe provided with a hanging hole. When in use, a user can attach a ropeto the hanging hole, and hang the container on a backpack or a bicycle,etc.

In order to facilitate transportation or carrying a number of containersat the same time, one side of the container body 2 of the container mayhave a recessed surface 21 (as shown in FIG. 2), and the other side mayhave a projected surface 25 (as shown in FIG. 3). The position anddimension of the recessed surface 21 and the projected surface 25 may besubstantially the same. When two containers are stacked together, theprojected surface 25 of one of the containers can be snap-fitted intothe recessed surface 21 of the other one of the containers.

The above is a description of the embodiments of the present disclosure,but the present disclosure is not limited to the above embodiments.Various modifications or variations of the present disclosure madewithout departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosureshould also be within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.

What is claimed is:
 1. A container comprising: a container cap; and acontainer body, the container body being hollow and an upper portion ofthe container body being provided with an opening and a protrudingportion, wherein a height of a connecting region connecting the openingand the container body is lower than a height of the protruding portion,and the container cap is coupled to the opening for sealing the opening.2. The container according to claim 1, wherein the protruding portion isprovided only on one side of the opening.
 3. The container according toclaim 1, wherein a height of the opening is higher than the height ofthe connecting region connecting the opening and the container body, theheight of the opening is higher than, equal to, or lower than the heightof the protruding portion.
 4. The container according to claim 1,wherein the protruding portion is hollow, and a hollow portion of thecontainer body is in communication with a hollow portion of theprotruding portion.
 5. The container according to claim 1, wherein thecontainer body further comprises at least one supporting columnconnecting two opposite sides of the container body.
 6. The containeraccording to claim 1, wherein the container cap further comprises ascrew cap, a sleeve and an inner shaft, the inner shaft being locatedalong an axis of the screw cap and the sleeve, wherein a diameter of theinner shaft is smaller than a diameter of the sleeve, and the diameterof the sleeve is smaller than a diameter of the screw cap.
 7. Thecontainer according to claim 6, wherein the container cap furthercomprises a container mouthpiece, the container mouthpiece furthercomprises a liquid-discharging tube, and the liquid-discharging tubecomprises a suction head and an elastic ring, wherein the suction headis located at an end portion of the liquid-discharging tube, and theliquid-discharging tube is sleeved on an outer side of the inner shaftand coupled to an inner wall of the sleeve by the elastic ring, tothereby render damping movement of the container mouthpiece inside thesleeve.
 8. The container according to claim 7, wherein when thecontainer is in a sealed state, a height of the container mouthpiece islower than the height of the protruding portion, or equal to the heightof the protruding portion, and when the container mouthpiece is pulledout, the container is in an open state, and the height of the containermouthpiece is higher than the height of the protruding portion.
 9. Thecontainer according to claim 7, wherein an inverted hook is furtherprovided on an end of the liquid-discharging tube opposite to thesuction head, and a sealing plate and a retaining ring are furtherprovided on the screw cap, and when the container mouthpiece is sleevedon the outer side of the inner shaft and mounted within the sleeve, theinverted hook is located between the sealing plate and the retainingring.
 10. The container according to claim 9, wherein the suction headis formed with a suction hole, when the container mouthpiece is moved tothe sealing plate, the inner shaft just passes through the suction holefor sealing the suction hole.
 11. The container according to claim 1,wherein the container body is further provided with a hanging hole forhanging of the container.
 12. The container according to claim 1,wherein one side of the container body of the container has a recessedsurface and the other side has a projected surface, and when twocontainers are stacked together, the projected surface of one of thecontainers is snap-fitted into the recessed surface of the other one ofthe containers.